Question word · A1 · Spanish glossary

Quién: who

quién

Pronunciation: kyehn (stress the capital letters)

Quién means “who” in English.

Quick answer

Quién means “who” in a question. The plural is quiénes.

Spanish puts the preposition first: “¿con quién?” (with whom?), “¿de quién es?” (whose is it?), “¿para quién?” (for whom?).

“who” in Spanish is “quién.” It is pronounced kyehn, with the stress on the syllable in capital letters.

Say kyehn. The syllable in capital letters gets the stress. Press the speaker button at the top of this page to hear it.

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